MCZ Ichthyology 89558

Astyanax goyacensis Eigenmann, 1908

Holotype of Astyanax goyacensis

Date Collected:

1867-01-01/1867-12-31

South America: Brazil: Goias/Tocantins | [no specific locality data]

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Current Identification
Astyanax goyacensis Eigenmann, 1908
Animalia Chordata Craniata Gnathostomata Osteichthyes Neopterygii Actinopterygii Characiformes Characoidei Characidae
Determiner: Carl H. Eigenmann
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Eigenmann_CH]

Eigenmann 1908, page 91, Holotype of Astyanax goyacensis Eigenmann, 1908
Eigenmann 1921, page 260, Voucher of Astyanax goyacensis Eigenmann, 1908 Cited as 20692 76 mm to base of caudal
Ragazzo et al. 2024, page 101, Voucher of Astyanax goyacensis Eigenmann, 1908 doi: 10.1590/1982-0224-2023-0086 linked data icon
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  • field number: THAYER033
  • group number: 204
  • previous number: MCZ 20692a

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (95% ethanol) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: Muscle; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-19
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-05   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [no agent data]
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-19
standard length 76 mm [no agent data], Method: muse migration 2010-03-19

  • In: Bull Mus Comp Zool 52(6):96. Image available.

  • None

  • Continent:
  • South America
  • Country:
  • Brazil
  • State/Province:
  • Goias/Tocantins
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Goyaz
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: F]
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Collected after the conclusion of the Thayer Expedition, at Agassiz's specific request, for comparison with lower Rio Tocantins material. Exact locality unknown; probably somewhere in the Tocantins-Araguaia system] See comments in Lima 2004*Isbrücker (1973:174) suggests locality is 'Rio Araguaia drainage, upper course of Rio Vermelho at Goiás (15°57'S 50°07'W)', based on Eigenmann & Eigenmann's map.See Lima 2004 Ich. Exp. Fresh. 15:285 for locality info.
  • Georeference:
  • -15.950000°, -50.116666° (Error radius: 10000m) By: Isaac J. H. Isbrücker on 1973-12-31 (Source: "Isbrücker 1973")
  • Datum:
  • not recorded
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (15° 57′ 0″ S  50° 7′ 0″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1867-01-01 / 1867-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1867-1867
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • THAYER033
  • Collectors:
  • Thayer Expedition to Brazil; Senhor Honorio

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]
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